![]() ![]() That is the "simple Latin", but however this is BY FAR NOT the Latin you ultimately want to know and want to learn. the easier goal (some could say even "the wrong goal" a "distraction" nothing more): knowing the conversational phrases (or repeating something you composed as a conversational phrase often enough) and understanding other people is easy, because, as in any modern language, it will always speak about familiar stuff, familiar context and your talking partner will care that you understand. ![]() I would also mention, that in Latin, having a full blown conversation is actually. However, this strategy, Rudis, may work only if you already have a good grasp of the Latin grammar and composition - then you can work up to a full blown conversation, but if you are like a tabula rasa, there is no Latin community in the world that could provide you with such an extensive immersion for you to work up to a "full blown conversation". How to get to us: 1) via web (not so much recommended): (Please read more in my spoiler-tag apology why I think this shouldn't be harmful both to the forum and the forum policy morover the place has been mentioned already on several occasions unofficially). A) A live/ real-time chat about Latin language (predominantly in English) for Latin learners and those who want to discuss Latin in a live instant conversation. Some forum members as Pixie already visited the place. This place was "unofficially" mentioned here several times already by various people and it never caused anything wrong, so this is the very first time that I dare to make an official post. That's why I think this is not a harmful or inappropriate thing for me to do. But over the years I sent countless people this way (to LatinD) anytime they wanted to have either too sophisticated discussion that requires time or if they wanted a translation of a phrase into Latin. It is just too different.Īnd then some people seek a live conversation, and are content with less quality but quick answers. The live chat is so fundamentally different: the discussion is quick, but it never is comparable to a quality thread where people take time to make quality posts, make research, discuss things ad infinitum sometimes even for years. I even almost relinquished this forum for good many times, without having any regrets for not having done something I had once wanted to do.īut since that I learnt at least that a chat and a forum don't compete. I even think that I stopped considering this being an important thing to do after some time or forgot the goal completely as something that I don't really care so much about anymore. In 6 years I never got to that or never felt confident enough. I wanted to contribute to this forum so much that I wouldn't be considered later on an intruder while potentially advertising a place of my own, even though not another Latin forum(!). I must confess: Six years ago, when I registered here on this forum, I did it originally for one and only purpose. ![]()
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